The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Jui-y 122, l!t0l». 



Iiy likoiivNS ul' diiposito parts, equality, 

 ri'giilarity, balance ami proportion. A 

 triangle may be more a]ii>areutly sym- 

 metrical than a wild spray of anipeloi)sis 

 hanging from the branch of a tree; yet, 

 jf tiie outline of the same tossing branch 

 weie traced carefully, there would be 

 Idund a wonderful regularity and balance 

 in all its parts. 



Graceful Blending of Lines. 



A union of all its parts and lines is 

 another es.sential found in natural 

 beauty; that is, all the stems which corre- 

 spond to lines must be united at some 

 point, and, as a corollary to the al)o\e 

 theorem, they must come together c'l-.^ily. 

 m!ver abruptly and shortly. 



Take, for instance, the seed pod oi .-niy 

 kind of a pea, vetcdi or locust. Oliscixc 

 how gracefully the side lines mergi' into 

 each other at the points of the ])ods, and 

 liow, as the pods hang upon the jdant, 

 their outlines unite with the stalk, and 

 Imiw all the stalks fuid the parent st;dk 

 :uid lose themselves in its lines. 



Trace backward, if you can, the branch 

 ing of the elm, beginning at the tip ot 

 some tiny twig and following it into .-i 

 l;irger stem with lujuiy others of its own 

 ■-i/.e. The stem seeks its source in the 

 >m;iller branches, iind they, in turn, .after 

 aiisoi-bing all the lines of its snialler 

 liMinching st(Mns, run into the priiu-ipal 

 loaindies. \\hi(di all linally come b.aidi lo 

 1 he t nuik. 



Symmetry in Apparent Irregularity. 



W'h.at ai>pears on the surface to be 

 wanting in synuiu'trv may be trace(l to 

 ^oine niodilication of a very regidar form. 

 It nuiy be incomplete or be a fraction 

 of a syuunetrical form. "What are called 

 iircgtUar Howers will be I'ound to be 

 wrongl}' so called when they are unfolded 

 or closely e-\amined, as in the case of 

 sweet peas, violets, orehid.s (U- sn;i]> 

 diJigoiis. The most casual observer would 

 not fail to call them beautiful llowers, 

 and witli such a universal verdict in their 

 t'aviu' they nuist be beautiful ami ]iossess 

 tin' essential elements of beauty. A little 

 stiuly will reveal it, too. 



-Many leaves and tloweis whiidi to all 

 a|)pearaiices are syuunetrical are found 

 to bo mathcnmtically not true when 

 folded togetluu'. But the general elfect 

 is that of a perfectly symmetrical body. 

 The fact is that they are scarcely ever 

 e.xactly developed. 



Xatur.al forms, then, aie our object 

 lessons ami reading charts. Wo must lie 

 able to trace the essential (ju.alities of 

 lieanty, symmetiy an<l unity in AvhateMu 

 we consider interesting and fasciimting 

 olijei-t.'^, and "wc must jiroceed to reduce 

 ilievc forms and ]ilans to ])raetical shapes 

 and to capture the outlines of tlu; clouds 

 .and tree tofis as they cast their shadows 

 upon our work tallies. 



GEKTRI'UK T.I.AIK. 



UNUSUAL DESIGNS. 



I '.\ el V now ;i lid t hen 1 III' ret ai I lloi isl 

 IS r.-illed ii[ion to execute ^-onu' unusu.al 

 dcMuii. sii.di as that ordeii'd at .1. i'\ .\m- 

 inann's sior<' at .\l1on. 111., for :i recent 

 liiner.al. The ileceasecj was the presiclent 

 of one of the largest bottle factori(^s in 

 the conntry. The foremen in his I'stab- 

 li.vhment took up a collection to send n 

 ■ lesigu lo the funeral. They wanted some- 

 thing unusual; nothing would suit them 

 so well U'-i ;i big floral bottle, and they 

 got it. 



There is, ot' conise, nothing artistic 

 about such a design. Its execution is 

 l.argelv uu'chanic.al ami tht> onlv tiling to 



commend such an arrangement of flowers 

 is that it brings a good bunch of money 

 into the florist's cash drawer. The ca.sh 

 legist er rings as merrily when the money 

 comes from such a design as though the 

 arrangement were one to appeal to the 

 artistic senses of the florist. The thing 

 to do when people want such a design is 

 to make it for them, but never suggest 

 it; if the florist is permitted to have any 

 voice in the matter the recommendation 

 should be for a more natural treatment 

 of flowers. 



It often happens that, as in the case 

 of the bottle makers, nothing else will 



Floral Bottle Five Feet High. 



biiiiu --o ^ood a juice as something on the 

 liotlle order. Mr. .Xniniann's manai^er 

 was i-alle-d upon to m.ake a <lesign li\e 

 tiet high and two fei't or more in diani- 

 eier. The accoiiijia ny ing i lliisi I'at ion shows 

 how Well the work \\as done. The only 

 sign of color w.as in the lariiat ions icpix' 

 seiiting tli<^ cork; all the lesi were white. 

 I'llilVoii was used to supjily .-i jdace t'or 

 the lettering, which wisely w;is limited to 

 the sin;^le wdnl ' ' t'orenien. " ' It is in- 

 teresting to note ihat althom,di there were 

 a large number ot' first class designs at 

 the l'iinei-;il, there w.as nothing ;it all 

 wlii(di made so big a hit as the bottle. 



SHASTA DAISIES. 



Ill a recrllt .stieel p.arade ;it .M\ili. 



T(>x.. .Mrs. 1*. i;. Xelson. who ranks 

 .'imong the leaders of the floi'ists there, 

 captured first prize for decorated vehi(des 

 with ;i buggy decomted with lO.dltO 



Shasta daisies, as shown in the accom 

 j)anying illustration. Some of the How 

 ers were kept four days in water in ., 

 cool room before using. In the illustra 

 tion the lady driving is Miss Minnie M 

 Tennis, of lirazoria, Tex., niece of tin 

 florist. Mrs. Nelson has had an excellent 

 business this season. She does a general 

 retail trade and also a wholesale business 

 in cape jasmines and violets. 



BEAUTIES FOR A BANKER. 



Ht. liouis has a remarkable man in 

 Iviifus J. Lockland, president of the Boat 

 tnan'.s Bank, who was 90 years of age 

 July S. His friends remembered the day 

 with flowers and among the many sent 

 wcne six bunches of American Beauty 

 roses, ninety blooms in eacdi bunch. The 

 flowers completely tilled the venerable 

 gentleman's oflice. T''he larger part were 

 sn|iplie(l by (!. ^'ollng & 8ons Co., l)ut all 

 the .St. Louis fhuasts had a share in the 

 business. 



EUROPEAN NOTES. 



Two Great Englisli Shows. 



The .art of exhibiting plants and flow 

 ers never stood on a higher pinnacle in 

 England than at the jucsent day and this 

 was fully demonstrated at two great 

 sliow.s just held in London, one the an 

 nual show of the Xational b'ose Society, 

 the other the annu.al summer show of the 

 b'oyal Horticultural S<ii'iety. I'or extent 

 they have nev(U- lieen surpassed; for su 

 perior culture their equals could not be 

 found in Lurope, and for artistic linish, 

 well, we generally give the palm to the 

 l*;irisiau exhibitors, but on this occasion 

 .\mos l'(>rry, of Knfield, and ^I. Prichard. 

 of ('hrist(diurch, easily i'(>ached the I'remdi 

 standard for natural and artistic elfect, 

 v\ith th(>ir ruck garden and water sceni's. 



The coliunns of imr daily newspajicrs 

 and page after piige of (uir gardening 

 journals are tilled with appreciative aiti 

 cles on th(! shows, and the public ri'ad 

 these articles with interest, for just as 

 exhibit ing has reacht^l its highest jiin 

 innde, so h.as the love of flovver.s reached 

 its zenith in the hearts of all (d.'isse.s of 

 the jieople. When William K. Smith, of 

 Wiisliington, was over here a yetii- or two 

 ago, I .asked him in whi(di direction he no 

 ticed the gicatest .advance in horticulture, 

 and he replied. ''In the g.ardens of the 

 middle (dasses and the mechanics. The in 

 crease of their enthusiasm in gurdening 

 since my jirev ions \isits is marvelous, and 

 the variety of flowers in their gardens as 

 loiiishes me." Nurseryimai ;iiid seed mer 

 chants cater accordingly and it is no nn 

 usual thing for firms to book orders 

 amounting to Ion, l'OU or IKK) pounds 

 sterling at a. twn days' show, j.-wgelv 

 made np of orilers fronj the (daises 

 n.amed. 



Awards by the Rose Society. 



.\ t tile .National b'ose .Siii.ict \. 's show 

 the eli;iiii|iioiislii p trophy was aw;il<led to 

 .\lex. |)i(d\Soii iV Sons, New tow nards. This 

 (lass calls for seventy two blooms in dis 

 tilict varieties. The second jirize w.a-^ 

 .awarded to I'., b". <'ant & Sons, ('ol- 

 idiester. t'lU- group ot' roses, L'.")0 square 

 feet. Hobbies, btd., l)ereliam, W(Ui with a 

 gaily colored and effective^ arrangenuuit . 

 in which tall standard plants of Doroth.v 

 Perkins, < 'oqnimi, Ttuisendschon, ilia 

 watlia, etc., playeil !i leading jiart. I'oi 

 :i group of cut rose.s, (ieoi-ge Mount, of 

 I 'anterbnry, snrpassed all I'ivals with 

 grand pyramidal stands and circular 

 banks of bloom of l\ichmond, Fran Karl 

 Druschki, Mrs. John Tiaing, Mme. Mel.a- 



